CAS(E) this Sketch #170

This week's sketch found here:

Had no clue what to do/what I was doing with this one.  It didn't turn out how I envisaged it when I was looking at papers to use.  I don't have a lot of supplies at the moment.  I didn't know to measure out to cut the paper to cut it so it had the cross cut out so I drew it on the back of my patterned paper, which meant when I turned the paper over the sketch was flipped.  So first error.  The sentiment I wanted to cut out which said Lots of Love (which I thought went with the multiple hearts), I ended up ruining because the corner punch stuffed up one of the corners, but it would have been too big anyway.  It is what it is, and it's a learning process for me.

 



Mother's Day Cards

Have been working on a couple Mother's Day cards using Stampin' Up products.  I was trying to work out what to put along the bottom of the card, and decided I wanted a bow.  I bought some ribbon but couldn't for the life of me tie a bow, even after watching videos and looking at pictures.  Will have to keep practising.  So I ended up buying some Christina Re self-adhesive bows today.  They're a bit chunkier than I wanted but with Australia Post's delivery times, doubt I would have been able to find something online and get it delivered in time.

Supplies/Tools used:
Stampin' Up 1" punch.  I can't believe they're retiring this product, glad I bought it.  You can get one at a discounted price here. 
Stampin' Up Pretty Petals Cardstock (Mint Macaron and Old Olive) and Pretty Petals Designer Paper Stack.  Another two on the retiring list.  I just love the paper in this stack.  It's on sale
Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock 
Canson Black cardstock
Christina Re self-adhesive bows
Double sided tape
Stampin' Up dimensionals

The cards are A5 size and I cut the black cardstock to 10cm x 10cm, and the white cardstock to 9cm x 9cm.  The black card is adhered to the card base with stampin' dimensionals.

I made another one with Calypso Coral as the base, but forgot to photograph it. 

Five Senses

Got a gorgeous book for 50c at my local Vinnies.  Such sweet images.  The book is called Five Senses by Tasha Tudor and was first printed in 1978.

CAS(E) this Sketch #169

The sketch:

I'm a sucker for stripes and polka dots, and I loved this paper immediately when I saw it.  I feel quite lazy with this one - not much thought went in to it. 

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock
Striped paper from Dear Lizzy's Happy Place 6 x 6 pad (American Crafts)
Stampin' Up Mint Macaron ink.

Happy Birthday

My first real attempt at making a card with papers and punches etc.  Quite like how it turned out except for the sentiment, I think the white is a bit too stark and the stamping wasn't the best.  Maybe should have used an off white/cream colour card.

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Lucky Limeade for the base
Stampin' Up Pretty Petals DSP
Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow Ink Pad
Sentiment - free with a card making magazine but I can't recall which one.
Button - free with a Molly Makes mag that I bought ages ago.

Raggedy Ann and Andy: The Little Gray Kitten

All images used are from a Little Golden Book, "Raggedy Ann and Andy:  The Little Gray Kitten"

More cards from Tales at Bedtime

 



The card below was a disaster - not how I wanted it to turn out.  I just wanted it on plain kraft cardstock, but I wanted to round the edges for something different.  But my little fiskars corner punch does not work properly and massacred the edges. I really wanted to keep the image so I just cut around it and stuck some paper on for the background.  But I don't like it.

 

 

 

 

This image was at the bottom of a story, and the kite string went through the text and the kite was up top.  So I fussy cut the kite and part of the string and tail and lined it up and glued it on.

 

 

 

 

A birthday card

Another image used from the Tales at Bedtime book

Big Sister and Little Sister

I found this book, "Big Sister and Little Sister" for 40c.  I still have a few pages I could cut some tags from.  Worked out it cost $2.62 to make this lot.

Tales at Bedtime - Children's Bedtime Stories

Went for a drive yesterday and ended up at a Savers recycle store.  They were a bit more expensive than the op shops I normally frequent, but I picked up a couple big children's books - Tales at Bedtime and The Children's Dictionary in Pictures.  I think I'll make some bookmarks with the dictionary one (though I will probably have to buy a laminator, gee this hobby is becoming expensive).

But I've made some cards from the other book already:

CAS(E) this Sketch #168

My 2nd attempt at a sketch.

The design:

 

 

and my attempt:

 

 

 

Supplies:



 

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock

Amy Tangerine papers

 

 

I actually tried to come up with something last night and it was a disaster. A glue disaster which ruined the paper, but then I wasn't happy with the layout anyway and thought, "that's it, I'm giving up, I can't do this cardmarking stuff".  But thought I'd attempt it again today.  Still not entirely thrilled.  Are people just born crafty?  Or is everyone average to begin with and coming up with a design/idea gets easier the more you do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Prayer Book

These cards were made with images from the Rand McNally book "My Prayer Book".  Still have a few pages left with smaller images that I'll probably use for gift tags or small note cards.

DL sized cards

Some of the images in the Butterick pattern book are quite big but too cute to not use, so I tried some DL sized cards.

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock as the base
Sugar & Spice Studio pastel paper collection for the background paper
Amy Tangerine Die Cut shape
Girl cut out from Butterick pattern book


This one I'm not so sure about.  Not entirely happy with the sentiment I stuck on.  Maybe it could make a mother's day card? 

Supplies:

Stampin' Up Whisper White cardstock as the base
Stampin' Up In colour 2014-2016 cardstock - Hello Honey
Stampin' Up Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Amy Tangerine Die Cut shape
Woman cut out from Butterick pattern book

Dogs and cats

These three images are from The Little Golden Book "Dogs". 

This one is also from a Little Golden Book, but I can't recall the name.  An appropriate card to say sorry? 

The card bases (and envelopes) are packs of 10 from Target I got on clearance for $2ea.  At the moment it's easier for me to use pre-cut bases and I just wanted to buy cheap ones whilst I was experimenting.

Can't recall the name of the book these ones came from (must take note before I pull them apart), I think it was just Ginny. I do remember that's the name of the cat.

My nephew's gift tag and card

My nephew turned one on the weekend, so I made him a gift tag and card with adorable teddy bear pictures.  Unfortunately I've thrown out the cover of the book, so I can't remember the exact name of it, think it was something like Teddy Town. All the pictures are just too, too cute.

Used Stampin' Up's crumb cake notecard as the base for the card, and just some red coloured cardstock for the base of the tag. 

First attempt at using a sketch

I'd never heard of sketches until a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon someone's blog.  They seem a great way to get started with coming up with a card. 

A couple of days ago I discovered the CAS(E) this Sketch! blog and I quite liked how the idea is for clean and simple designs; very good for newbies like me I think.

Anyway, I thought I'd try giving one ago, CAS(E) this Sketch #167

and this is what I did:

Not thrilled with it - the tape could have been placed on better, could have probably made each strip length more equal.

Supplies used:
Stampin' Up Crumb Cake Note Card
Washi tape from Officeworks
Stampin' Up Watermelon Wonder ink
Sentiment - from a Stampin' Up Card Kit.

Little Golden Book: Colors Are Nice

I adore the images in this book. I really hope I can stumble upon another copy in an op shop, so I can make more cards.  The Golden Books are a good size to use for square cards.

 



This one I tried something different by ripping the pages rather than trimming.  I'd like to say it was because I like the effect, but it was initially because the trimmer I bought was a bit faulty and I wasn't getting a straight line (have fixed it now).  But I do like how the torn pages look against the kraft card stock. 

I love this zebra one; I think I will give it to my nephew for his 6th birthday in a few months.